Frontal interaction with the Appalachian mountains. Part I: A climatology

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2453-2468

  Schumacher, Philip N ^a,b,c   Knight, David J ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b National Weather Service   (United States)

^c NWS   (United States)

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EID: 0005608881     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2453:FIWTAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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